Breaking the chains of anti-egg slavery!

Have you succumbed to the anti dietary cholesterol propaganda myth?

Many people are averse to consuming more than a few eggs per week, out of fear that they might be jeopardizing their cardiovascular health.

However, the real bottom line of all the research, seems to indicate that egg (and butter etc) consumption is safe within the context of an appropriate carbohydrate intake.

What on earth is an APPROPRIATE CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE? Quite logically, since carbohydrate serves basically one physiological function only — the supply of metabolic fuel — the appropriate carbohydrate intake is matched to one's metabolic fuel requirements.

First lets understand that carbohydrates are not ESSENTIAL in the diet. They can be replaced by appropriate amounts of fats and proteins.

I repeat: Carbohydrates are not essential nutrients (sorry you Mannatech maniacs!). Your body can normally manufacture all the carbohydrates (sugars etc) that it needs, as long as it is adequately supplied with protein. On the otherhand, if a person is placed on a totally lipid (fat) free diet, it wont be too long before their health is jeopardized, and if prolonged, before too long will become an undertaker's specimen! The same goes for protein. Thus fat and protein are esential dietary components — neither can be totally eliminated from the diet in the long-term. Whereas, sufficient of either of these these can totally substitute for carbs.

In my next post I will expand on this topic a bit more.